diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0208488bf..6c924ba79 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -203,3 +203,4 @@ $RECYCLE.BIN/
 
 data/
 .pdm-python
+.history
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 028287a4b..f6c2f130f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ mkdir -p ./Spoolman && \
 source_url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Donkie/Spoolman/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name == "spoolman.zip").browser_download_url') && \
 curl -sSL $source_url -o temp.zip && unzip temp.zip -d ./Spoolman && rm temp.zip && \
 cd ./Spoolman && \
-bash ./scripts/install_debian.sh
+bash ./scripts/install.sh
 ```
 
 #### Updating
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ source_url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/Donkie/Spoolman/releases/lates
 curl -sSL $source_url -o temp.zip && unzip temp.zip -d ./Spoolman && rm temp.zip && \
 cp Spoolman_old/.env Spoolman/.env && \
 cd ./Spoolman && \
-bash ./scripts/install_debian.sh && \
+bash ./scripts/install.sh && \
 rm -rf ../Spoolman_old
 ```
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_debian.sh b/scripts/install.sh
similarity index 81%
rename from scripts/install_debian.sh
rename to scripts/install.sh
index 75fb05779..72d7cc593 100755
--- a/scripts/install_debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -51,38 +51,65 @@ else
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Please look up how to install Python 3.9 or later for your specific operating system.${NC}"
     exit 1
 fi
-
 #
-# Install needed system packages
+# Get os package manager
 #
-# Run apt-get update
-echo -e "${GREEN}Updating apt-get cache...${NC}"
-sudo apt-get update || exit 1
+if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
+    source /etc/os-release
+    if [[ "$ID_LIKE" == *"debian"* || "$ID" == *"debian"* ]]; then
+        pkg_manager="apt-get"
+        update_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager update"
+        install_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager install -y"
+        echo -e "${GREEN}Detected Debian-based system. Using apt-get package manager.${NC}"
+    elif [[ "$ID_LIKE" == *"arch"* || "$ID" == *"arch"* ]]; then
+        pkg_manager="pacman"
+        update_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager -Sy"
+        install_cmd="sudo $pkg_manager -S --noconfirm"
+        echo -e "${GREEN}Detected Arch-based system. Using pacman package manager.${NC}"
+    else
+        echo -e "${ORANGE}Your operating system is not supported. Either try to install manually or reach out to spoolman github for support.${NC}"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
 
-install_packages=0
+# Run pkg manager update
+echo -e "${GREEN}Updating $pkg_manager cache...${NC}"
+$update_cmd || exit 1
+packages=""
 if ! python3 -c 'import venv, ensurepip' &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Python venv module is not accessible. Installing venv...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+=" python3-venv"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+=" python-virtualenv"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v pip3 &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}Python pip is not installed. Installing pip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+=" python3-pip"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+=" python-pip"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v pg_config &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}pg_config is not available. Installing libpq-dev...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages+=" libpq-dev"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages+=" postgresql-libs"
+    fi
 fi
 
 if ! command -v unzip &>/dev/null; then
     echo -e "${ORANGE}unzip is not available. Installing unzip...${NC}"
-    install_packages=1
+    packages+=" unzip"
 fi
 
-if [ "$install_packages" -eq 1 ]; then
-    # sudo apt-get update
-    sudo apt-get install -y python3-pip python3-venv libpq-dev unzip || exit 1
+if [[ -n "$packages" ]]; then
+    $install_cmd $packages || exit 1
 fi
 
 #
@@ -114,11 +141,15 @@ fi
 echo -e "${GREEN}Installing system-wide pip packages needed for Spoolman...${NC}"
 if [[ $is_externally_managed_env ]]; then
     echo -e "${GREEN}Installing the packages using apt-get instead of pip since pip is externally managed...${NC}"
-    apt_packages=("python3-setuptools" "python3-wheel")
-    sudo apt-get install -y "${apt_packages[@]}" || exit 1
+    if [[ "$pkg_manager" == "apt-get" ]]; then
+        packages="python3-setuptools python3-wheel"
+    elif [[ "$pkg_manager" == "pacman" ]]; then
+        packages="python-setuptools python-wheel"
+    fi
+    $install_cmd $packages || exit 1
 else
-    packages=("setuptools" "wheel")
-    for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+    packages="setuptools wheel"
+    for package in $packages; do
         if ! pip3 show "$package" &>/dev/null; then
             echo -e "${GREEN}Installing $package...${NC}"
             pip3 install --user "$package" || exit 1
@@ -138,9 +169,8 @@ fi
 # Install Spoolman
 #
 
-# Install PDM dependencies
+# Install dependencies
 echo -e "${GREEN}Installing Spoolman backend and its dependencies...${NC}"
-
 # Create venv if it doesn't exist
 if [ ! -d ".venv" ]; then
     python3 -m venv .venv || exit 1